Between 1526 and the 1580s, slavery became fully institutionalized. Africans moved from being one labor source among many to the central pillar of Iberian colonization. Brazil’s sugar boom, Mexico’s ...

Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies,the chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on ...

Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion—a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq ...

There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what ...